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dreaming! But, come, hurry into your clothes, for break¬ 
fast is almost ready.” 

But the governess had the biggest surprise of her life 
when she next went into Princess Patricia’s room and 
heard her busily repeating the word “good-by” over and 
over again until she was fully awake. 

At the breakfast table, both the Prince and Princess 
told the whole story of their wonderful trip to the Rajah’s 
Rug with their Flower Folks and fairy Moon Queen, but 
everybody merely laughed and said, “Oh, you young 
folks were only DREAMING and happened to have the 
same dream at the same time!” 

Suddenly, Prince Philip clapped his hands together 
joyously and exclaimed: “But we can prove it by the 
MAGIC MIRRORS! Why hadn’t I thought of them be¬ 
fore!” 

Then he told of the funny mirrors that Moon Queen 
had sent to the Moon Flower Arbor. Still, even father 
and mother continued to laugh, but when they finally 
went to the Arbor to investigate—sure enough, there 
were the Magic Mirrors! 

“Well, I suppose that you and Patricia win,” laughed 
father, as he looked at himself in the “skinny” Mirror. 
“Here’s fifty cents for ice cream—and be sure and get 
some for the FAIRY!” 


The End. 



FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


67 


“Oh, you needn’t say good-by to them,” replied Moon 
Queen. “Both of them will be out in the flower garden 
later this morning, but I must now say good-by to all of 
you and hope to be with you at some other time.” 

Just at this moment, the wand-star became so dazzling 
that nothing else could be seen in the garden. Then, just 
as suddenly, the air became very hazy and when it cleared 
again the flowers were no longer little people. They 
were nodding in their beds, and so were the Prince and 
Princess sound asleep in theirs, while the good fairy was 
nowhere to be seen. She had gone back to her home in 
the moon. A long ridge of raised earth showed that Mat¬ 
thew Mole had dug one of his famous tunnels just under¬ 
neath the grass and was again busily searching for Cut¬ 
worms and Beetles. 

“Good-by, good-by, good-by, good-by,” the Prince was 
repeating when the governess went into his room to 
awaken him for breakfast. Then he blinked his eyes and 
looked about the room in a bewildered sort of way. 

“Wake up, you must be dreaming about something,” 
said the governess, as she shook Prince Philip and then 
laughed heartily when he exclaimed: 

“I don’t want you—I was only saying good-by to the 
fairy!” 

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“We thank you for the rides, 

We thank you much besides; 

We’re thankful, and you know 
We’re sorry you must go!” 

As if in reply to their thanks, Even Steven’s huge 
wings began to hum a curious sort of song and the basket 
rose into the air, where it was soon lost to sight among the 
many small clouds that hovered about in the sky. 

“And now it is time for us to bid each other good-by,” 
continued Moon Queen. “You will notice that Solomon 
Sun is painting the small clouds with his yellow and 
orange colors, so he will soon be up and doing what he 
can to make the old world brighter.” 

“But before we go, I’m sure that the Princess and I can 
never thank you enough for letting us meet our flowers 
as real folks,” said Prince Philip. “We shall always 
think of them as little people.” 

“And always continue to love them better than ever/’ 
added Princess Patricia. 

“Now, please don’t forget that we Flower Folks are 
also very grateful for all that has been done for us,” spoke 
up Rufus Rose. “For once in our lives we have been 
REAL people, although we do feel and see far more than 
anybody would think, even when we are resting in our 
beds. And we are so happy to have become so much bet¬ 
ter acquainted with our master and mistress. We don’t 
like to say good-by to them.” 


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They had scarcely ceased singing when something very 
funny happened. Rufus Rose suddenly began to slap 
the top of his head with both of his hands and shouted: 
“Ouch! something is trying to bite me !” 

“Ho! ho! that’s the best joke yet!” laughed Caleb 
Cactus, as he stood directly behind Rufus and held his 
fat sides that were shaking with laughter. “Why, that’s 
only your friend, Henrietta Humming-bird. She tried 
to kiss your cheek and you were bobbing around so 
lively that her long beak pecked you on the forehead! 
You scared her so that she may never come back to catch 
the tiny bugs that so often worry you. Henrietta and 
Lois Ladybird are two of the best friends that you have, 
as Lois also eats the tiniest of tiny insects that must be 
looked at with a magnifying glass. Now, aren’t you 
ashamed of yourself?” 

“Ob, of course, I didn’t dream that it was Henrietta 
Humming-bird,” replied Rufus. “The next time I see 
her I shall beg her pardon for being so frightened and 
rude.” 

Everybody joined in the hearty laugh that followed 
this remark, as it was so funny to hear Rufus acknowl¬ 
edge that he had been frightened by a tiny Humming¬ 
bird who was really his best friend. Then the huge wings 
of Even Steven began to buzz louder and the basket was 
lifted from the Rajah’s Rug. They were on their way 
back to Carol Castle. Over forest and field they con- 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


63 


CHAPTER XII. 

THE FUN CONTINUES. 

“We must now hurry back to the flower garden, for 
the eastern sky is getting brighter, which means that day¬ 
light will soon be here,” said Moon Queen. “All of you 
are due in your beds before sunrise, so I shall call Even 
Steven to give us another ride. But here he comes now,” 
she added, as a loud buzzing sound was heard and the 
basket of the Ramble-Along dropped easily upon the 
Rajah’s Rug, while the huge Bumblebee above it kept 
his wings moving just enough to remain in the air. 

After the jolly party had climbed into the basket, the 
fairy said: “Now that we are through with the Rajah’s 
Rug, I’m sure that each of us wish to thank the good 
Rajah for his kindness. Now, all together, let us sing a 
nice litle song to him.” 

Using her wand as a musician’s baton, Moon Queen 
led them in singing: 

“Rajah, off on India’s shore, 

We would thank you more and more 
For the Rug you sent tonight— 

It has brought us much delight! 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


the BEAUTIFUL flower back with you or not!” 
chuckled Guy Geranium. 

“Perhaps the cow will tell you about that, for she was 
just as close to it as I was,” returned Caleb. “Maybe 
some of you fast and brave runners can catch her and 
make her give you this most important information!” 

“Huh! we couldn’t catch her in a thousand years,” said 
Guy. “She’ll run the rest of her life after getting all 
stuck-up on those spines of yours!” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


61 


the frightened cow, she was making the longest leaps that 
she could and swinging her tail about in a frantic sort of 
way. 

“Ha! ha! your stickers came in handy, after all!” 
laughed Rufus Rose and Danny Dandelion, who had 
been trying their best to keep up with Caleb as he rode 
along on the cow’s nose, for they had ventured to the 
edge of the Rug but didn’t step upon the grass. 

“Yes, you got a dandy ride while we had to run back,” 
added Danny. 

“But how on earth did Caleb ever get on the cow’s 
nose?” asked Penelope Pansy, as the spiny little fellow 
arose to his feet and smiled good-naturedly. 

“I’ll tell you exactly how it happened,” replied Caleb 
himself. “While high up in the Whirly Wheel, I hap¬ 
pened to see a beautiful flower which I thought fairy 
Moon Queen would wish to take back to the garden at 
Carol Castle. When we came down I went over in the 
direction in which I had seen the flower. Rufus and 
Danny also went along. They promised to wait for me 
at the edge of the Rug, but I hadn’t gone far before I 
suddenly felt a big nose touch my back. Then I felt it 
push against me still harder as the cow jumped and I 
found myself sticking right on her nose. You know the 
rest of the story, all right.” 

“Yes, we remember very well how you yelled for help, 
but you have forgotten to tell us whether you brought 























































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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


Almost instantly, what seemed to be a loud clap of 
thunder was heard and the Whirly Wheel disappeared 
in a cloud of whirling smoke. Then, just as suddenly, 
loud cries of “Help! help! help!” were heard in the dis¬ 
tance. Nearer and nearer came the sound of these dis¬ 
tressing cries, until the happy party was thrown into a 
panic of fright when they saw a big creature dashing 
straight toward them. And hanging on the creature’s 
nose was Caleb Cactus, who was waving his arms and legs 
and shouting for help just as loud as he could. 

“Why, it’s only a cow and she is as badly scared as 
Caleb,” laughed Moon Queen. “Don’t be frightened at 
all, for it’s just a good joke on the spiny little fellow. I 
had expected him to get into some funny trouble when I 
saw him walk away from us and finally step from the 
Rajah’s Rug into the surrounding grass. You see, it 
doesn’t pay to be too venturesome and—” 

Just at this moment the fairy was interrupted when 
the cow gave a very loud moo and swung her head from 
side to side so violently that Caleb flew from her nose 
and landed squarely among the other Flower Folks. And 
then—such scrambling you never saw in all your life, for 
everybody was trying to avoid coming in contact with 
Caleb’s sharp spines. But, fortunately for all, he landed 
in an open space on the Rajah’s Rug and after rolling 
over and over several times he finally came to a complete 
stop, none the worse for his wild ride. The last seen of 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


59 


haven’t been anywhere except for a long ride on this big 
Whirly Wheel and Polly Poppy then put you to sleep!” 

“Yes, that is what happened,” said the fairy. “With*' 
out the kind genie’s help you would still be snoozing, as 
you know very well that the opium and morphine carried 
by Polly causes a long sleep that has many funny dreams 
— pipe-dreams,’ they are often called. You see, the 
Rajah’s Rug genie is from India, and that far-away coun¬ 
try has more poppies than any other place in the world. 
So it was easy for him to know how to awaken the girls.” 

“But why did we dream about meeting Polly’s cousins 
in China, instead of those in India?” asked Sally. 

“Oh, that was because so many people think that the 
Chinese people raise the most poppies, but they really 
have very few of them when compared to India, Persia 
and Turkey,” replied Moon Queen. “Anyway, our 
dreams are often just opposite to what is actually true, 
although they do seem so real to us before we awaken. 
However, let us go on with our fun, as it isn’t long until 
we must hurry back to the garden at Carol Castle. The 
genie is still hovering above us, so I’ll ask him to re¬ 
move the Whirly Wheel before he leaves again.” 

The fairy pointed her wand-star upward and began to 
chant: 

“Genie, take the Whirly Wheel 
Back into the Land of Weal; 

Thank you for providing it— 

We had great fun while riding it!” 












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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


CHAPTER XI. 

Caleb’s wild ride. 

The rest of the party gathered closely about the sleep¬ 
ing Flower Folks, as Moon Queen said: 

“Eeny, meeny, miny, meeny! 

Rajah’s Rug, please send your genie 
To wake up these sleeping girlies 

Who now have the wheely whirlies!” 

Just as the last word was said, Polly Poppy’s big eyes 
popped wide open. “Oh, wasn’t that a nice ride to 
China!” she exclaimed. “I was so glad to meet my 
Chinese cousins, and so were Sally and Peggy.” 

Then Sally Sunflower’s eyelids began to blink. Final¬ 
ly, she opened her eyes and said: “All of you missed 
something. Polly gave us a wonderful treat—she took 
us to China with her!” 

“Indeed it was wonderful!” added Peggy Pink, as her 
eyes flew open and blinked for a moment in the brilliant 
light of the wand-star. 

“Ho! ho! that was nothing but a pipe-dream for the 
three of you!” laughed Sweet William. “Why, you 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


57 


“You boys are always trying to play word jokes on 
each other, but we are now interested in awakening these 
three girls, so I had better get busy with that,” said Moon 
Queen. “Of course, they would naturally awake in a 
few hours, yet we haven’t any time to waste in waiting. 
I shall call the kind genie to help us open their eyes. 
I’m sure that he is much stronger than the morphine 
power that is holding their eyelids together so tightly. 
It’s lucky that we are still on the wonderful Rajah’s 
Rug, or I would have to send for the Eeny Weeny and 
that would take a much longer time.” 

“Yes, I remember that the good Eeny Weeny came to 
see Clarence Corn after he was bitten by Christy Crow,” 
remarked Matthew Mole. “The vegetable folks were 
very grateful to her, I am sure.” 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


their turn, but when the last one was opened nobody 
came out of it. The three girls inside were sound asleep! 

“Hey, wake up there, girls, or we may go on and leave 
you to finish your nap while we’re having some more 
fun!” shouted Henry Hollyhock, as he used his hands 
for a megaphone that carried the sound of his voice 
directly into the ears of the sleeping girls. 

But neither Sally Sunflower, Peggy Pink nor Polly 
Poppy moved an eyelid. They really seemed to snore 
louder than ever. 

“Oh, let’s go, they are only trying to fool us,” said 
Rufus Rose. “Nobody could sleep after Henry’s loud 
voice has beat upon their ear-drums, so the joke will be 
on them, after all!” 

“No, the joke is really on you Flower Folks, for the 
girls happen to be so sound asleep that the loudest call¬ 
ing will not awaken them,” laughed fairy Moon Queen. 
“Haven’t you stopped to think that Polly Poppy was 
closed up in the car with them 1 ? You know very well 
that she puts people to sleep when they get too near her, 
and sometimes they never wake up again.” 

“Well, Polly got a dose of her own medicine this time, 
didn’t she ?” remarked Caleb Cactus. “Why, she is sleep¬ 
ing just as soundly as Peggy and Sally.” 

“Ha! ha! you wake people up instead of putting them 
to sleep, don’t you, Caleb?” laughed Claude Carnation. 
“See how lively Rufus Rose and I are after being in the 
car with you!” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


55 


“Oh, you may squeeze in our car next to Caleb Cactus,” 
laughed Rufus Rose. 

“No, sirree, Matthew must ride with us,” said Prince 
Philip, whose car had traveled around and was then al¬ 
most at its lowest position again. 

“Yes, indeed, there is a place for him in our car, and 
he may sit on the outside so that he can see everything,” 
added the Princess. “Matthew shall not be left behind, 
as he never has a chance to look down upon the earth and 
see the many interesting things there. Instead of that 
he must run around in his dark tunnels almost all the 
time.” 

Matthew quickly climbed into the Prince’s car and 
when Moon Queen waved her wand in a circle the big 
Whirly Wheel began to move once more. Faster and 
faster it went, the big cars swinging backward and for¬ 
ward with an easy motion and causing a loud buzzing 
sound as they whizzed through the air. Inside of them 
the little folks were having the time of their lives and the 
many happy laughs that floated out into the still night 
air showed how much everybody was enjoying the novel 
and exciting ride. 

After the Whirly Wheel had been running at full 
speed for several minutes, it began to slow down and 
finally stopped when the car of the Prince and Princess 
was in position for them to step out upon the Rajah’s 
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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


Philip, as he shaded his eyes with his hand in an effort 
to see the top of the wonderful wheel. 

“Perhaps they are for people to ride in,” suggested the 
Princess. “Don’t you remember that we saw something 
like this at the fair last year?” 

“Oh, yes, they called it a Ferris Wheel and it wasn’t 
near as large as this one,” replied the Prince. “But what 
puzzles me is where on earth this big thing came from 
and how it happens to stand upon the Rajah’s Rug with¬ 
out mashing it into the ground?” 

“Well, let’s not worry about that,” laughed Moon 
Queen. “The Whirly Wheel is here for us to use, and 
I’ll give you and Princess Patricia the honor of getting 
into this first car at the bottom of the Wheel. The Prin¬ 
cess guessed right when she suggested that these seats 
are to ride in, so everybody get aboard and have all the 
fun that you can, but don’t do any careless stunts or 
somebody may be hurt.” 

After the Prince and Princess had seated themselves, 
the huge Whirly Wheel began to turn slowly until the 
next car was low enough for three of the Flower Folks to 
get into it. One after the other the cars were moved to 
their lowest positions and soon each of them were full of 
the happy young people. 

“Well, where am I going to ride?” asked little Mat¬ 
thew Mole. “All the cars are filled and I’m left in the 
lurch, I suppose!” 


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53 


CHAPTER X. 

AROUND AND AROUND. 

With the Magic Mirrors gone, the Rajah’s Rug 
looked very plain again, but it was not to remain this 
way any longer than the fairy could wave her wand and 
sing: 

“Rajah’s Rug, somehow we feel 
That we wish a Whirly Wheel, 

Send it to us right away 

Before the night turns into day!” 

Instantly, the wand-star flashed off and then on again 
so quickly that it seemed as if something had exploded, 
although there was no noise. In fact, it was so quiet you 
could have heard a pin drop. The quick changes of light 
and dark caused the entire party of young folks to blink 
their eyes so rapidly that they couldn’t see what was 
happening. When their eyelids finally stopped jumping 
up and down, everybody was surprised to see a huge 
wheel standing right above their heads. It was the 
Whirly Wheel. 

“Why, it seems to have seats on it,” remarked Prince 


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And just as she said each word, the outlines of each 
mirror become more dim, until finally the last word 
caused them to disappear altogether. They had gone to 
the Moon Flower Arbor at Carol Castle—the genie had 
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to be a funny sort of animal boxer when he stood erect. 

“Now that we have had our fun with the Magic 
Mirrors, I suppose it is about time for us to find some¬ 
thing else interesting,” said the fairy. 

“Why, I don’t see anything except the Rajah’s Rug,” 
spoke up the Princess. “Will the Magic Mirrors remain 
here to give us some more fun, or shall we take them back 
to Carol Castle with us?” 

“Yes, please let us carry them home, for I’m sure that 
we could have lots of fun with them,” added the Prince, 
a note of high interest in his voice showing how anxious 
he was to see how some of his little friends would enjoy 
such an attraction. 

“Indeed, that’s a very good idea,” replied the fairy. 
“There is plenty of room for them under the Moon 
Flower Arbor in your garden. Perhaps you will be glad 
to keep them as souvenirs of the adventures and fun 
that you have enjoyed tonight. Yes, indeed, you shall 
have them in just a minute.” 

Moon Queen then began to move her gauzy wings and 
gently arose into the air far enough for her wand-star 
to touch the top of the center mirror. Then she began to 
say: 

“Genie of the Rajah’s Rug, 

Make these Magic Mirrors snug 
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Now, turn around and look in this other mirror and 
you’ll see yourself as skinny as a string bean, just as I 
told you a minute ago,” said Danny. “You are looking 
in the wrong mirror, please remember.” 

“Anything to oblige the crowd,” replied Caleb, with a 
more cheerful smile, as he turned toward the mirror that 
had made him appear so skinny. “I seem to be the center 
of attraction, all right, but I notice that all of you also 
have rather funny figures in these mirrors, so I’m not the 
only one that’s out of shape. It’s something funny in 
the glass that makes us look like monkeys!” 

“Yes, they are the Magic Mirrors which were sent to 
us by the Rajah’s favorite genie, and you’ll notice that 
some of them will make you seem more comical than the 
two into which Caleb has looked,” said Moon Queen. 

Sure enough when Penelope Pansy glanced into one of 
the others she was surprised to see that the upper part 
of her body was real skinny, while the other part was fat. 
Even the Prince and Princess had a peep into each mirror 
and enjoyed the fun just as much as anybody. After all 
had seen themselves in the several Magic Mirrors, every¬ 
body declared that Matthew Mole’s figure was the most 
comical, especially when he looked into the one that 
caused his head and shoulders to be very fat and large, 
the rest of his body being exceedingly thin. The little 
fellow actually laughed at himself, as his shoulders are 
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However, now that the Witching Wave surprise is over, 
let us see what other interesting things that the Rajah’s 
Rug has in store for us.” 

She had no sooner spoken these words than she dipped 
her wand-star downward and it suddenly lost all its bril¬ 
liant light. Then, just as suddenly, it flashed on again 
and standing before them were several curious mirrors. 
These odd looking-glasses were of different sizes and 
shapes, so nobody in the jolly party was aware that they 
were really mirrors until Caleb Cactus happened to step 
in front of one of them. Caleb didn’t realize what was 
happening to him until Danny Dandelion shouted : 

“Ha! ha! Quick! everybody look how SKINNY 
Caleb is! Why, the poor fellow is nothing but skin and 
bones now and he was the fattest one in the crowd just a 
minute ago!” 

“What’s all the laughing about—I haven’t changed 
any?” said Caleb. 

“Take a look in that mirror and you’ll at least 
CHANGE your mind!” laughed Danny. 

But Caleb turned and glanced into a different mirror. 
He could scarcely believe what he saw. 

“Why, instead of being skinny, I’m ten times fatter 
than I ever was and look as flat as a turnip!” he exclaimed 
in amazement, as the rest of the party joined in an¬ 
other hearty laugh and began to gather about him to 
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CHAPTER IX. 

THE COMICAL PEOPLE. 

“Hooray ! that was some fun!” exclaimed Rufus Rose, 
after he had recovered his breath. “Why, I had no idea 
that fat Caleb Cactus could run so fast. Huh! if that 
fellow keeps on improving he may soon get in the 
HUMAN RACE!” 

“And you had better be glad that he wasn’t next to 
you this time,” added Henry Hollyhock. “Must take a 
good look and see how he scratched me with those sharp 
spines of his. I certainly agree with what you suggested 
about Caleb going to the barber. The quicker he gets 
them trimmed, the better I will like it and him, too!” 

“Oh, that wouldn’t do at all,” spoke up Prince Philip. 
“Why, Caleb couldn’t look natural without his spines. 
Most anybody would think that he was a curious sort of 
cucumber, instead of a flower. Rough as he seems to be, 
I want him to always remain the same Caleb Cactus in 
our flower garden.” 

“Yes, we wish all of our Flower Folk friends to remain 
just as we always have known them,” added the Princess. 

“That’s a very good thought,” said the fairy. “We 
should never expect or wish to see our friends change. 


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became just as flat as any other part of the beautiful 
silk covering upon which the Prince and Princess and 
the Flower Folks were then standing. And, of course, 
little Matthew Mole was there, too, as fairy Moon Queen 
gracefully alighted before them. 


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laughing at the efforts of the boys and girls, as they 
. scrambled along in a good natured sort of way and en¬ 
deavored to keep upon their feet. 

On and on they ran until Matthew Mole’s fur 
coat made the little fellow so hot that great drops of per¬ 
spiration began dripping from his nose, but he couldn’t 
stop to complain. It was all that he could do to keep 
ahead of the big wave that kept pushing at his heels all 
the time. Once he did slip and fall flat upon his back, 
but quickly regained his feet when the wave rose still 
higher and caused him to turn a flip-flop that landed the 
perspiring little fellow squarely upon his hind legs. Yet, 
he only laughed and kept on running. 

But the queer race didn’t last very much longer, for 
Moon Queen saw that even the young folks were be¬ 
ginning to get a little tired, so she touched the top of 
the “Witching Wave” with her wand-star and began 
to chant: 


“Zippy, zippy, zappy, zoo, 

Witching Wave, go back into 
Rajah’s Rug from which you came— 

We must play another game!” 

Quicker than anybody could tell it, the huge wave in 
the Rajah’s Rug dropped lower and lower until it finally 


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And something did happen—something that almost 
tumbled the entire party of young folks into a heap. The 
Rajah’s Rug suddenly rose up behind them, just as a big 
wave at the seashore would do, and to keep from falling 



THE WITCHING WAVE FOLLOWED SO CLOSELY THAT NOBODY COULD STOP. 


everybody began running forward as fast as they could. 
The huge “Witching Wave” then continued to follow 
them so closely that nobody could stop, although the 
fairy had risen into the air high enough above the big 
rolling “wrinkle” to avoid being pushed by it. She was 









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but because they grew in the woods without any care or 
attention from people.” 

“Oh, look! It’s beginning to get lighter!” exclaimed 
Dora Daisy, just at this juncture. 

“And the grass is all gone!” added Danny Dandelion, 
who knew more about grass than any of the Flower 
Folks. 

“Why, it has turned into a RUG!” joined in Minnie 
Morning Glory, as the light suddenly became so dazzling 
that the entire crowd of folks and Matthew Mole blinked 
their eyes and looked about in a puzzled sort of manner. 

“You are right, Minnie, it is a Rug,” explained Moon 
Queen. “In fact, it’s really the Rajah’s Rug, a most 
wonderful covering that will furnish us with lots of fun 
before the night is over. It was necessary for my wand- 
star to become very dim so that the Rajah’s Rug could 
make its appearance without being seen until the fun is 
ready to begin. Remember that this marvelous Rug was 
sent to us by a Rajah in far-away India, a country in 
which you know many clever magicians live. We shall 
now walk upon it and see what happens.” 

The fairy then waved her wand and said: 

“Rajah’s Rug, the genie’s slave, 

Zipp! become a Witching Wave 
That will roll us right along 
To the Land of Fun and Song!” 


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43 


“Sure, we will be patient / 5 said Caleb Cactus. “Why, 
there wasn’t anything to be afraid of, anyway . 55 

“Huh! you are talking very brave since the fairy Has 
told us there was no danger, but I didn’t hear a single 
chirp from you before she had spoken , 55 chuckled Rufus 
Rose. 

“Yes, he was scared speechless ! 55 laughed Danny Dan¬ 
delion. “But don’t anybody think that I was afraid at 
all for I am used to this kind of grass and wild scenery . 55 

“Ha! ha! I notice that neither you nor Rufus said a 
single word before the fairy spoke,” returned Caleb. 
“How about that—were you scared speechless, too?” 

“Not in a thousand years!” said Rufus. “Don’t for¬ 
get that all of my people were once wild roses and lived 
out in the woods all the time. Why, I still have cousins 
who are just as wild as Danny Dandelion. You see, I 
have many more petals than these cousins have, but the 
extra petals were grown from the large number of 
stamens which I once had. You’ll notice that I now have 
very few stamens, which, as everybody knows, are the 
little stems that stick up from the center of a blossom.” 

“You have told some interesting things about your¬ 
self, but to hear you boys talk to each other almost any¬ 
body would think that you were enemies instead of 
friends,” laughed Moon Queen. “However, I might add 
that all of the Flower Folks here were once wild — not 
WILD in the way that we speak of dangerous animals, 









































































































































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CHAPTER VIII. 

FUN WITH THE WITCHING WAVE. 

Just after the Princess had ceased speaking, the air 
suddenly became very still and the fairy’s wand-star be¬ 
gan to get dim. Dimmer and dimmer it became, until 
the stars overhead became so much brighter than it that 
they furnished the only light to be had. The Prince and 
Princess, the Flower Folks, and even Matthew Mole who 
was so accustomed to darkness, turned toward Moon 
Queen with inquiring looks on their faces, but Fanny 
Phlox was the first to speak. 

“What on earth is the matter?” she asked in a half¬ 
whisper, as the distant hoot of an owl added a weird 
touch to the stillness. “I’m not afraid of the dark, but 
this is getting rather spooky to me and I don’t see any 
fun in being scared!” 

“And neither do I,” said Penelope Pansy. 

“Nor I,” added Dora Daisy. 

“Please let me have just a word,” interposed Moon 
Queen. “There isn’t any reason to be frightened while 
I am with you and very soon you will see the reason for 
thL darkness. So just be patient and remember the fun 
that I have promised you.” 


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41 


“Gee whillickens! Wonder if I got any dust on my 
nose when the wand-star woke me up!” exclaimed the 
Prince. 

“Why, it does look rather PINK,” said Princess 
Patricia. 

“HONEST?” he asked. 

“Yes, but it hasn’t a star on it,” she laughed. 





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“I want to say that Matthew always has been welcome 
in our flower garden,” remarked the Prince. “My 
Uncle John has told me of the many good things that the 
little fellow does wherever he goes, so I’m happy when 
I see his tunnel raise the ground in a funny sort of ridge. 
It shows sis and me that he is busy all the time.” 

“Well, I think that it’s about time for Matthew to say 
something for himself,” laughed Moon Queen. “Come 
on, tell us a little joke on yourself—tell us how you got 
that curious star on your nose.” 

“Ho! ho! that wasn’t a joke on me,” chuckled the odd 
little fellow. “Why, I wouldn’t take anything for that 
pink star, although I did think it rather funny when I 
first got it. With it I can feel and see much better than 
ever before and, you know, I mostly depend upon my nose 
to feel my way through dark tunnels. What good are 
the biggest eyes in the world, if a fellow does most of 
his work under the ground?” 

“But, go on, tell us how you got the star,” urged Moon 
Queen. 

“Your wand-star did it when we went to the Frolic 
Grounds with the vegetable folks,” said Matthew. “You 
remember how I got some star dust on the end of my 
nose and I’ve been wearing this star ever since. Maybe 
I’m a policeman, for all policemen wear stars, although I 
have never seen one who wore his star on his nose!” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


39 


have often heard people say that I am very rough, but 
I don’t intend to be so and I’m sure that I appreciate a 
favor just as much as anybody in the world. Please let 
me thank you again for your help.” 

“But you happen to be thanking the wrong party,” 
laughed Moon Queen. “Look right behind you and 
you’ll see your helpful friend.” 

“Why, that’s Matthew Mole!” sputtered Caleb. “He 
didn’t give me any help that I know of.” 

“He did it all,” replied the fairy. “You were so ex¬ 
cited you didn’t notice that Matthew had dug one of 
his famous tunnels to a point directly underneath your 
body. He then dug around so near the surface that you 
easily pulled your spines from the loosened earth just a 
moment ago. That little fur-coated fellow is one of the 
best friends that you Flower Folks have, although many 
people still imagine him to be destructive because he 
sometimes raises a mound of earth above his tunnels that 
come near the surface. I shall never forget how the vege¬ 
table folks were frightened when I introduced Matthew 
to them, but how happy they were when he later saved 
them from the Cutworm Army.” 

“Then I must thank Matthew for being so thoughtful 
and kind,” said Caleb. “For a long time I have known 
that he was a noted hunter of Cutworms and Beetles and 
other enemies, but not many of those creatures trouble 
me, so I haven’t become well acquainted with him. Now 
I’m glad to know that he is a real friend of mine.” 


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on them for help until you have helped yourself in every 
possible way.” 

“Good fairy, please don’t forget that I’m stuck,” spoke 
up Caleb Cactus. “I have called on myself, my friends, 
and now I call on you for help. Please give me a lift.” 

“Oh, I beg your pardon, Caleb,” replied Moon Queen, 
with a smile. “Perhaps I have kept.you waiting longer 
than you expected, but I’m glad to find that you have 
such a patient nature. Close your eyes for just a minute 
and you shall be free.” 

As Caleb closed his eyes she began to chant: 

“Caleb Cactus, you are stuck, 

But don’t think you’re out of luck, 

For you have a friend who will 
Set you free, if you’ll keep still!” 

These words were no sooner concluded, when she 
added: 


“Now, arise and thank the friend 
Who released you, but won’t send 
You a bill for what was done 
So you could join in the fun!” 

The spiny little fellow opened his eyes and quickly 
arose to his feet without any assistance. Then he bowed 
low before the fairy and said: “I hardly know how to 
thank you enough for putting me on my feet again. I 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


37 


trying to help yourselves without calling on anybody 
else/’ said Moon Queen. “You learned this valuable 
lesson in the garden, where each different flower must 



CALEB STRUGGLED DESPERATELY TO GET UPON HIS FEET. 


look out for itself in order to live. I also noticed that 
Caleb tried in every way to regain his feet before ask¬ 
ing any of you to help him. Always remember that it’s 
a very fine thing to have lots of friends, but never call 
















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CHAPTER VII. 

THE WHY OF A CURIOUS STAR. 

“Well, you seem to be a Jonah, all right,” chuckled 
Rufus Rose, as Caleb struggled desperately to get upon 
his feet by pushing downward with both his hands and 
feet, but the harder he tried, the tighter he seemed to 
stick. “That body of yours has stickers all around it 
and no matter which way we pull you may get stuck 
again,” continued Rufus. “I suppose we’ll have to leave 
you here to take a nap while we enjoy the fun that the 
kind fairy has promised us.” 

“No, we don’t wish to go anywhere without all the 
Flower Folks,” said the Princess. “Caleb may seem to be 
all ‘stuck up’ now, but he really is a fine little fellow and 
I’m sure that fairy Moon Queen will help him to get out 
of his trouble.” 

“Oh, pshaw! Why on earth haven’t we thought of that 
before!” exclaimed Danny Dandelion. “Here we have 
been pulling and tugging at Caleb just to get him stuck 
in a different place every time, when the fairy need but 
say the word and he would be on his feet quicker than 
any of us could say ‘Jack Robinson!’ ” 

“But it pleased me very much to see you Flower Folks 


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35 


“Ha! ha! he is stuck tighter than glue!” laughed 
Henry Hollyhock. “Why wouldn’t this be a good time 
for us to have a tug of war game?” 

“That’s a dandy idea!” replied Rufus Rose. “All the 
boys can join hands and pull Caleb’s right foot, while the 
girls pull his left foot, and if we can’t jerk him out, Caleb 
wins! Everybody ready, let’s go! 

“Hurrah! WE WIN!” exclaimed Sweet William, a9 
the steady pull of the Flower Folks finally loosened the 
grip of the spines and Caleb tumbled over flat upon his 
back. 

“WE WIN,” repeated Rufus Rose. “Why, can’t 
you see that he is stuck just as tight as ever? The job 
is only half finished, for we must now catch hold of his 
hands and pull him upon his feet.” 

Caleb Cactus raised his knees and placed his feet flat 
upon the ground, at the same time pushing downward 
with his head as the flower folks began to pull. Then 
something very funny happened. The spines let go so 
suddenly that Caleb flipped forward and again landed 
upon his back! He was stuck once more. 


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only stop kicking your feet and waving your arms,” re¬ 
plied Rufus Rose. “Those spines of yours have stuck 
me too many times for me to take another chance with 
them, and perhaps it would be best for me to leave you 
here unless you promise to be good in the future,” 



THE TUG OF WAR GAME. 


“All right, come on, can’t you see that I’m holding 
perfectly still,” said Caleb. 

After satisfying himself that the spiny fellow was 
actually still, Rufus said: “Here, Allen, you catch hold 
of Caleb’s left foot and I’ll catch hold of his right, then 
we’ll pull together. One, two, three!” he counted, and 
both of them tugged with all their might, but the spines 
held fast. 





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33 


Carol Castle just tell your father that you wish to play 
with all the other boys and perhaps he will give his con¬ 
sent. In the meantime, suppose that we begin to have 
some fun/ 5 

“All right, I’m ready for anything! 55 exclaimed Caleb 
Cactus. “Everybody watch me turn a flip without touch¬ 
ing the ground with my hands! One! two! three! 55 he 
counted, before his funny, spine-covered body flipped up 
into the air. 

But just as Caleb doubled up and was about to clap 
himself on the knee caps with both hands so that his body 
would turn over completely in the air, Danny Dandelion 
gave one of his wild laughs. This laugh evidently 
caused Caleb to forget all about clapping his knees, for 
instead of landing upon his feet, Caleb fell straight down 
and his shoulders struck the ground. Of course, the 
sharp spines were driven right on through the short grass 
and into the ground so far that Caleb's feet wouldn’t 
come down. And there he stood upon his shoulders, 
while he kicked his feet back and forth in an effort to 
loosen the hold of the spines. 

“Well, isn’t somebody going to help me? 5 Caleb final¬ 
ly sputtered, as the rest of the Flower Folks stood at a 
respectful distance and laughed until the tears ran down 
their cheeks, for this was one of the funniest sights that 
they had ever seen. 

“Allen Aster and I will try to pull you out if you’ll 


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shorter and easier to remember. Somehow, I always 
liked the name ‘Patsy/ and it seems to suit me just right 
for brother will tell you that I’m very fond of Irish 
potatoes/’ 

“But I’m sure that we Flower Folks had much rather 
continue to know you as our Prince and Princess,” said 
Rufus Rose. 

“Indeed we had,” added Penelope Pansy, her beauti¬ 
ful dark eyes shining with love for her little master and 
mistress. 

“And so do I think that it’s very nice for you to be a 
Prince and Princess,” remarked the fairy. “Remember 
that some day both of you will have a great deal of money 
of your own, and just think of all the good that you can 
do with it. You really have a most wonderful oppor¬ 
tunity to show other people that having such titles does 
not prevent you from being loving and kind to every¬ 
body in the world. So, I’d suggest that you please the 
Flower Folks and let them continue to call you their 
Prince and Princess.” 

“But I want to be a REAL boy, not a Prince!” pro¬ 
tested Prince Philip. 

“Why, you may be both of them at the same time,” 
laughed fairy Moon Queen. “I have known many 
princes who were so interested in football and such things 
that they had to be constantly reminded not to forget 
that they were really princes. When you get back to 


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CHAPTER VI. 

A MERRY TUG OF WAR. 

“There is one thing that I don’t like about this trip,” 
remarked the Prince. 

“Well, brother, you are certainly rather plain in your 
talk,” interrupted the Princess, hastily. “Why, you 
should be ashamed to say such a thing when the fairy has 
treated us so kindly. I’ve enjoyed every minute of the 
time and I want fairy Moon Queen to know it, too!” 

“Wait just a minute, sis—don’t get so excited until 
you hear all that I was about to say,” laughed the Prince. 
“I’ve also enjoyed myself just as much as you have with 
the good fairy and our Flower Folks, but I don’t like to be 
called ‘Prince Philip’ all the time. I’m only plain Phil 
and I’d be happy if everybody would call me by that 
name. I don’t want to be a prince any more. A prince 
must wear too many silk clothes and stand around like a 
statue wherever he goes. I want to get out and have 
some real fun like the rest of the boys that I see!” 

“Oh, that’s different, I beg your pardon for interrupt¬ 
ing,” replied Princess Patricia. “I really feel that way 
about my name and wish that everybody would call me 
‘Patsy.’ I think it’s a much better name, besides being 






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The Bumblebee’s huge wings began to beat the air 
with a faster motion and the familiar buzzing sound was 
heard as his body began to move forward. Gradually, 
this body became smaller and smaller, and the buzzing 
fainter and fainter, until finally nothing of either could 
be seen or heard. Even Steven had obeyed his orders 
and was on his way. 

In the meantime, the Prince and Princess and the 
Flower Folks gathered about the fairy and wondered 
what would happen next. 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


29 


think that you also want to crowd out all our talk,” 
, laughed Allen Aster. “We cheerfully admit that you 
are wild, but, remember that the French people first 
gave you the name DENT DE LION, which doesn’t 
sound quite as nice as Dandelion.” 

“Here we are on the ground once more and nobody 
seemed to realize when we landed,” interrupted Moon 
Queen at this juncture, but there was no need for her to 
ask everybody to get out of the Ramble-Along. In less 
time than it takes to tell it, the entire party had tumbled 
from the basket and found themselves standing upon the 
most beautiful grassy spot that they had ever seen. Even 
by the brilliant light of the fairy’s wand-star, just as far 
as they could see was nothing but grass, grass, grass. 

“Why, if there were any trees in sight I’d think that 
this was the front lawn at Carol Castle,” remarked Prince 
Philip, as he used his hands as an eye-shade while trying 
to see further in the distance. 

“But we happen to be many, many miles from there at 
this moment, my dear fellow,” replied the fairy, as she 
waved her wand toward the giant Bumblebee slowly 
moving his wings above them and said: 

“Even Steven, you may go 

To the Land of Sweet and Low, 

But be ready should I call 

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“Or maybe he is tired out and we’ll take a nose-dive to 
the ground!” exclaimed Claude Carnation. “Say, 
wouldn’t it be fun to get a big bump like that*?” Then 
turning to Rufus Rose, he added: “You’d better move 
away from Caleb Cactus or he may ‘tickle’ you again if 
we do hit anything!” 

“Now, don’t any of you get excited,” cautioned Moon 
Queen. “Sally Sunflower has guessed right, for we are 
only going to land. Even Steven is merely using his 
wings as parachutes with which to glide down to the 
ground. He will land us so easily that we won’t know 
when it happens, so Rufus and Caleb needn’t get ready 
for another argument.” 

“Yes, I can see the green grass, and, you know, I am 
very well acquainted with grass,” remarked Danny Dan¬ 
delion. “I must say that I can grow around in the grass 
or anywhere there is a bit of earth for me to catch hold 
of. Nobody has to care for me—I look out for myself, 
although the Prince and Princess have been very kind to 
me. You folks are always glad to see me; the cook 
gathers my leaves to use as greens, and even poets have 
written beautiful poems about me, but farmers don’t 
like for me to raise up my head in their pastures. They , 
claim that I crowd out the grass. Certainly, I’m a little 
wild, yet—” 

“Well, don’t get so wild that you’ll continue telling us 
Flower Folks everything about yourself, or we’ll begin to 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


27 


“You must not forget that you have a few stickers 
yourself,” replied Caleb. “True, you haven’t them with 
you now, but back in the garden you often catch hold 
of anybody’s hand that gets too close to your bush. It 
seems to me that roses who have stickers shouldn’t throw 
barber scissors!” he added with a laugh. 

Then the subject was suddenly changed when Nell 
Nasturtium exclaimed: “Mercy me, I feel very chilly 
and my face is all wet! Why, it must be raining!” 

“Oh, we are only going through a little piece of cloud 
and Even Steven is trying to play a joke on us by flipping 
the drops from his wings downward instead of upward 
or to each side,” said Moon Queen. “See, it feels warmer 
and the drops have stopped falling, but I’m surprised to 
hear any of the Flower Folks object to a little moisture. 
Most of you are always thirsty.” 

“Maybe it wasn’t the moisture that Nell was thinking 
about,” chuckled Sweet William. “She might have been 
afraid that the rain would wash some of the pollen pow¬ 
der from her face.” 

Everybody joined in the hearty laughs that followed 
this remark, but the laughing suddenly ceased when 
Henry Hollyhock looked upward and said: “Something 
must be wrong with Even Steven—his big wings have 
almost stopped buzzing!” 

“Oh, goody! perhaps we are going to land!” added 
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CHAPTER V. 

WHIZZING THROUGH THE AIR. 

“I KNOW just how Edgar Eagle was blinded,” said 
the Prince, as Moon Queen finished telling how birds 
often dash against bright lights at night. “Your wand- 
star made me so blind that I couldn’t see a thing for 
a long time. Edgar must have thought that he had 
bumped into a basketful of stars and all of them flew into 
his eyes at the same time!” 

“But you must remember that you didn’t get such an 
awful bump on your nose, even after you said there were 
no fairies,” reminded Princess Patricia. “I’m sure that 
Edgar meant no harm to us, and his poor beak may be 
hurting him now. I feel very sorry for him.” 

“And so do I,” added Laura Lily. 

“Bah! I don’t feel one bit sorry for Edgar—I feel 
sorry for myself!” spoke up Rufus Rose. “He made 
Caleb Cactus bump into me for the second time, so I don’t 
see anything funny about that. Caleb may be all right, 
and I want to be friendly with him, but if he doesn’t visit 
the barber and have those stickers trimmed he mustn’t 
stay around in my neighborhood.” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


IS 


“Perhaps you have heard of birds dashing into the win¬ 
dows of lighthouses, and even high buildings in the 
cities,” continued the fairy. “This often happens when 
the birds are returning to their northern homes, after 
spending the winter in the warmer southern countries.” 








SOMETHING HIT THE RAMBLE ALONG. 


















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Prince Philip. “The governess had read to us of en¬ 
chanted woods and castles in which fairies lived, so I 
was wondering if we might see some of those wonderful 
things tonight.” 

“Perhaps you’ll remember when we started out that I 
asked everybody to hold on tight and we would soon be 
somewhere,” laughed Moon Queen. “That is all I’ll say 
now, so just be patient and remember that a fairy always 
keeps her promises, and prepare for some surprises and 
adventures which I’m sure each of you will enjoy. We 
have the whole night before us, as it has only been about 
ten minutes since we left the flower garden.” 

The big Bumblebee above them was still buzzing along 
as fast as ever, when, suddenly, something hit the 
Ramble-Along so hard that everybody in the basket 
bumped into each other. However, Moon Queen quickly 
satisfied the anxious looks on the faces of the frightened 
passengers, as she laughed and said: 

“Ho! ho! that was a good joke on Edgar Eagle, all 
right. He evidently heard us whizzing through the air 
and decided to investigate, but was blinded by my wand- 
star and bumped squarely into the side of the basket. 
He had no idea of bumping into anything, for Edgar has 
exceedingly keen eyes and is very proud of them, so you 
can imagine how surprised he was when the basket hit 
his outstretched beak. I don’t suppose that he will go out 
flying at night again for some time. 


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23 


joke as to give one,” chirped truthful little Viola Violet. 
“Still, some of the biggest jokers I ever met have often 
been very poor joke takers. They liked to laugh at ab¬ 
surd things other people did, but seemed to think that 
they themselves never acted foolish enough to be joked 
about it. I think that fun is fun, no matter who happens 
to get the worst of the joke.” 

“I’m certainly glad that our flowers are such lovable 
things and get along so well together, but what puzzles 
me is where are we going,” said the Prince. “Here we 
are buzzing through the air so fast that I can hardly get 
my breath, and yet nobody has said a word about stop¬ 
ping. Good fairy, are you sure that we shall get back 
to Carol Castle before eight o’clock, for if the governess 
should come into our rooms to awaken us and we’d be 
gone—oh, I don’t know what might happen!” 

“Why, I hadn’t thought of that,” added the Princess. 
“I’m sure that she would be almost frightened to death— 
and she is so good to us, too.” 

“Now, don’t either of you be the least bit worried 
about not getting back home,” replied Moon Queen. 
“Before eight o’clock, and, in fact, before the sun even 
rises, you shall be in your beds. In the meantime, let us 
enjoy ourselves in every way that we can and be thank¬ 
ful that Even Steven brought his Ramble-Along to us so 
quickly.” 

“But you forgot to tell us where we are going,” insisted 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


“Huh! I don’t care how hard it blows!” said Caleb Cac¬ 
tus, the single pink blossom on top of his spiny head wav¬ 
ing back and forth as the Ramble-Along whizzed through 
the air like a bullet from a gun. “And I wouldn’t care 
if the breeze was boiling hot and full of sand, either! 
My cousins out on the desert sit around all day in such 
a sandy, hot breeze. I could do the same thing, but I 
really prefer to live in the garden of the Prince and 
Princess. They treat me very kindly, although they do 
insist upon giving me too much water. You see, I’m 
accustomed to the desert life, so I seldom get thirsty.” 

“And while we’re speaking of the wind, wouldn’t 
Clarence Chrysanthemum make a regular snowstorm if 
his petals should get away from him 4 ?” chuckled Rufus 
Rose. 

“Perhaps you had better be careful or some of your big 
red petals may leave you in a hurry, ‘Mr. American 
Beauty,’ ” returned Clarence. “Anybody will tell you 
that I hold my petals longer than you can, even when the 
wind isn’t blowing.” 

“Now, boys, don’t get into any arguments,” cautioned 
Moon Queen. “Everybody may tell as many jokes on 
each other as they please, but be just as ready to laugh 
at a joke on yourself as one about another person. Re¬ 
member that you still have your flower natures, and 
flowers are always lovable things.” 

“That’s right, it should be just as much fun to take a 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


21 


' CHAPTER IV. 

OFF FOR SOMEWHERE. 

The happy party was no sooner in the basket than 
Even Steven’s wings began to buzz as he arose from the 
grassy spot. Faster and faster went his wings until, 
finally, the motions were so close together that only a 
steady hum could be heard. 

“Whoey! this is something new for me!” shouted Mat¬ 
thew Mole, so as to make himself heard above Even 
Steven’s humming. “I’ve tunneled under the ground 
most of my life, and have spent some time on top of it, 
but this is my first flying stunt. Old Even Steven knows 
how to stir up a good breeze, all right. Say, I’m glad 
that my fur coat is buttoned on so tight, or else I might 
lose it in the big windstorm that he has made!” 

“And it’s lucky that the Flower Folks are so young, for 
a breeze like this would blow older flowers all to pieces,” 
remarked Prince Philip. “Why, I have gone out into 
the garden after a storm and many of our most beautiful 
flowers would be lying upon the ground, their petals so 
scattered about and mixed up that we could scarcely tell 
which was which.” 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


“But your wings wouldn’t wake up either of those 
young folks, for they are now very wide awake and are 
going with me on a wonderful trip. Perhaps you will 
also recognize some of the flowers around which you once 
buzzed when you were small, although I have changed 
them into little folks who are to enjoy their first voyage 
through the air.” 

Then turning to Prince and Princess and the Flower 
Folks, she said: “Now everybody climb into the Ramble- 
Along basket and don’t forget that Even Steven is one 
of the best flyers in the world. No matter how fast he 
goes, remember, there is no danger—just hold on tight 
and we’ll soon be somewhere!” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


19 


The fairy then waved her wand in such a way that the 
bright wand-star formed the letters R and A in the air 
above her head, repeating slowly as she did so: 

“Even Steven, good and strong, 

Come and bring your Ramble-Along— 

Take us riding through the air 
If you have the time to spare!” 

Almost instantly a loud buzzing was heard and the 
largest Bumblebee that you could ever imagine alighted 
as gracefully as a feather upon the grass. Suspended 
from his body was a basket, something like the kind used 
with a balloon, but it could be seen that this basket in 
no way interfered with the movement of the huge insect’s 
wings. Both the Prince and Princess were a little fright¬ 
ened when the big creature alighted so near them, but 
when the basket was seen they realized that it must be the 
Ramble-Along for which the fairy had called. They 
were certain of this when Moon Queen said : 

“My, but old Even Steven certainly answered my call, 
in a hurry. He must have been very close to the garden 
or he couldn’t have made such a swift run, even with 
those exceedingly speedy wings of his that buzz louder 
than the motors of the largest aeroplanes.” 

“Yes, indeed, I was close to the garden when I got your 
signal,” replied Even Steven. “In fact, I had just 
sighted Carol Castle and had slowed up my wings so as 
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we could use the hose, but the water from it seems to dis¬ 
turb you too much. I’m sure that you don’t like it, even 
when the spray is on.” 

“Wait just a minute, sis, I have something to say, 
now,” interposed Prince Philip, as he dropped upon one 
knee before Moon Queen, while the Flower Folks looked 
on and wondered what was about to happen to their 
young master. “I wish to beg the kind fairy’s pardon for 
being so rude when she came to my room to get me. You 
see, I had never believed in fairies and thought that sis 
was playing a joke on me when that bright light flashed 
in my face. Now I know how wonderful and kind the 
fairies really are. 

“And I also beg the pardon of the Flower Folks for 
seeming to act so funny,” he continued, with a laugh. 
“But please remember that the good fairy held the star on 
her wand so close to my eyes that I couldn’t see anything 
but thousands of stars until just a minute ago. Why, I 
was as blind as a bat and had no idea where I really was 
until my eyes quit dancing.” 

“Now, let’s forget everything but having a good time,” 
said Moon Queen. “I freely forgive Prince Philip for 
acting as almost any boy would have done under the 
same circumstances, and I’m sure that his flower friends 
are only too glad to enjoy his company. Nothing makes 
me happier than to see other folks enjoying themselves, 
so I’ll call a Ramble-Along and we’ll be on our way.” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


17 


to appreciate it at all. I, for one, apologize to the Prince 
and Princess for being so dumb!” 

“And so do I,” added little Flo Forget-me-not. “My 
face may look like I have the blues, but I was never hap¬ 
pier in my whole life than I am right at this moment. I 
shall never forget the great happiness that our master and 
mistress have brought me.” 

“Yes, and although a Prince and Princess, they have 
given us plenty of nice, cool water to drink,” interposed 
Penelope Pansy. “You know, I must have a great deal 
of water or else my face would shrivel and wrinkle just 
as if I were a hundred years old. Why, late this after¬ 
noon, when I was very very thirsty, our master and mis¬ 
tress made me so happy as I saw them coming down 
toward my bed with a sprinkling can held between them. 
Just as soon as the cool water touched my cheeks, I raised 
my head to thank them and I’m sure that they understood 
exactly what I meant, for the Princess smiled and said: 
‘Oh, Phil, see how Penelope appreciates a nice drink of 
water. She has raised her head and is looking straight 
at us. Why, I can almost hear her say, ‘Thank you very 
much!’ ” 

“And I remember how sweet you looked,” replied Prin¬ 
cess Patricia. “The gardener wonders why Phil and I 
always wish to be with you flowers so much, and the other 
day mother laughed and said that we might get stoop¬ 
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CHAPTER III. 

EVERYBODY IS SURPRISED. 

Neither the Prince nor Princess could speak for a 
minute or two. Their eyes popped wide with wonder¬ 
ment, they only gazed from one little flower person to 
the other. The Flower Folks also were too surprised to 
speak, although their silence may be excused because they 
were not accustomed to talking. 

Finally, Moon Queen broke the stillness when she 
laughed and said: “Well, don’t you folks like each other, 
after all?” 

“Oh, I’m just too delighted to speak!” exclaimed Prin¬ 
cess Patricia. “Everything is so strangely wonderful, 
and I want to say so much that I guess all the words are 
jumbled up in my mouth so tightly that they won’t come 
out!” 

“A-a-nd, I don’t know anything to say!” stammered 
Prince Philip, his eyes still dancing about in a bewildered 
manner because of the wand-star having almost touched 
his nose. 

“My, my, how foolish we Flower Folks are acting,” 
spoke up impulsive Rufus Rose. “Here we are realizing 
a wish that we always longed for, and yet we don’t seem 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


15 


“Come, Prince Philip, you must go 
Where the flowers wait below; 

I am fairy Moon Queen, see, 

You shall fly and follow me! ” 

In less time than it takes to tell it, both the Prince and 
Princess found themselves being whisked through the air 
so rapidly that nobody with the most powerful telescopes 
could have seen them. As lightly as any bird, they 
alighted upon the green grass of the garden and were 
surprised to see several odd little people gathered there. 
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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


joke comes in, anyway! Sis, this is only one of your 
tricks to scare me after I said yesterday that I wasn’t 
afraid of anything at night. But who on earth did you 
get to dress up like a fairy and stick an electric light in 
my face*?” 

“WHO DID I GET TO DRESS UP LIKE A 
FAIRY!” repeated Princess Patricia, her eyes lighting 
up with wondrous astonishment. “Why, Phil, you must 
be very careful what you say, for she happens to be a 
REAL fairy who wants us to come with her and then talk 
with our flowers that she has changed into REAL little 
people!” 

“Ho! ho! do you ever expect me to believe that!” 
laughed the Prince. “Why, there is no such thing as a 
real fairy, so what’s—” 

But whatever the Prince intended to say, he didn’t 
get any further with it before Moon Queen suddenly 
extended her wand toward him until the brilliant star on 
its end almost touched his nose, and then slowly pulled 
the wand toward herself. Even Princess Patricia be¬ 
came excited when she saw her brother continue to fol¬ 
low the star, just as if his nose was glued to it, and 'didn’t 
stop until he stood right before the fairy. His eyes were 
so close to the wand-star that they blinked and sparkled 
like diamonds, but he didn’t say & word, not even when 
Moon Queen began to chant; 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


13 


them—something I have always wished to do. May I 
look out of the window and see them?” 

“No, dear, not until we have awakened your brother,” 
answered Moon Queen. “Then we shall fly down into 
the garden and meet the flower folks, so follow me to 
Prince Philip’s window and see how funny he acts when 
I flash my wand-star in his eyes. But don’t laugh too 
loud, or you might awaken everybody else in Carol 
Castle.” 

The little Princess nodded her head very vigorously 
as a solemn promise that she wouldn’t “smile out loud” 
too much, and then felt herself being wafted through the 
air. On through the window she went, floating grace¬ 
fully along beside the fairy until they finally reached 
her brother’s window. But she almost broke her promise 
when the wand-star was flashed just above Prince Philip’s 
face and he leaped out of bed and began to run around 
the room just as if he was running a race with somebody. 
His mouth and eyes were wide open, but although he 
tried his best to yell, the only sound made was a comical 
sort of grunt, much like that of a pig being chased across 
the barnyard. 

Then, suddenly, he awakened enough to recover his 
voice just as he caught sight of the fairy and his twin- 
sister laughing at his funny antics. “Ha! ha! I’m some 
sight, all right,” he laughed, trying to join in the fun as 
best he could. “But what I want to know is where the 




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12 FROLICSOME FLOWERS 

main right where you are and I’ll get the Prince and 
Princess.” 

Quicker than a flash, the fairy rose into the air and 
alighted upon the window ledge of Princess Patricia’s 
room. Then she reached in and held her wand-star just 
above the sleeping girl’s face. The Princess immediately 
began to rub her eyes as Moon Queen said : 

“Zickity! zickity! zat! 

Wake up, little Princess Pat, 

You’ve no wings but you can fly 
To your flowers, if you’ll try!” 

“Oh, where am I!” exclaimed the Princess, as she 
blinked her eyes in the bright light of the wand-star and 
looked wonderingly at the glistening costume of the 
fairy. “No, I can’t be in fairyland, for here I am still 
tucked in my bed, while everything in my room is just 
the same as when I went to sleep. Please, good fairy, 
tell me what has happened?” 

“Now, don’t be one bit frightened, my dear girl, for 
only came to take you to your flowers,” replied Mooj 
Queen. “They are now little people and have insisted 
that you come and talk with them.” 

“Oh, isn’t that just wonderful!” exclaimed the Prin¬ 
cess, as she clapped her hands together rapturously and 
began to scramble out of bed. “To think that I will hear 
my beautiful flowers really talk to me when I speak to 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


11 


CHAPTER II. 

A JOKE ON THE PRINCE. 

“Perhaps we shouldn’t talk so much, or we may 
awaken the little Prince and Princess,” cautioned the 
fairy. “Also, they might see the light from my wand- 
star and wonder if somebody was taking their beautiful 
flowers, so we had better hurry on. It’s early in the eve¬ 
ning, yet we want to have all the fun that we can before 
daybreak comes. Be very quiet for just a moment and 
I’ll call a Ramble-Along to give us a lift.” 

“But I don’t want to go anywhere without the Prince 
and Princess,” said Peggy Pink. “Both of them have 
been so kind to us. They might come out to see us and be 
disappointed in not finding us here.” 

“And we never have been able to talk to them, except 
in the flower language,” added Peggy’s cousin, Claude 
Carnation. “Please have our little master and mistress 
go with us, so that we may really talk to them.” 

“Why, of course, they may go with us,” replied the 
kind fairy Moon Queen. “It’s really very thoughtful 
of you to remember them so tenderly. It is a pity that 
everybody doesn’t always remember and try to return a 
kindness, just as you Flower Folks now wish to do. Re- 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


sorry that I misjudged you. It shall never happen again, 
and we’ll continue to be friends, I hope.” 

“Everybody should be friends,” replied little Matthew 
Mole. 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


9 


me much worse than I bumped him, so maybe he owes me 
an apology! How about it, Caleb*?” 

“You bumped into me, not I into you,” laughed the 
big fellow whose green-colored body is covered with 
sharp spines that are not pleasant to touch. 

“I think that it is about time that we give our friend 
Matthew Mole a rousing welcome,” suggested Moon 
Queen. “He has been waiting here for some time and 
not one of you have spoken to him. That isn’t a very 
nice way to treat a friend, is it*?” 

“A FRIEND!” exclaimed Nell Nasturtium. “Why, 
that fellow almost scared me out of my wits by running 
one of his tunnels so near me that I almost tumbled over.” 

“But you should consider that I was only chasing 
several Cutworms which would have eaten you to death,” 
spoke up Matthew. “If I happen to tunnel too near any 
of you flowers, you may be sure that I’m just trying to 
save you from your enemies. Sometimes I may give any 
of you a little scare, yet it seems to me that it’s much bet¬ 
ter to be shaken a little by my digging than to be chewed 
up by a destructive Cutworm or other insects which I 
delight to catch.” 

“Oh, then I beg your pardon for being so rude to a real 
friend,” said Nell Nasturtium, tenderly. “Of course, 
everybody makes a mistake sometimes, although I’m very 


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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


Flower Folks joined in a hearty laugh as she bumped 
against Rufus Rose so hard that he, in turn, bumped 
against Caleb Cactus. Of course, Caleb didn’t mind the 
bump very much, but the sharp stickers on his body gave 
Rufus Rose several scratches that, luckily, didn’t go 
through the skin. 



MARY MARIGOLD BUMPED INTO RUFUS ROSE AND HE BUMPED AGAINST 
CALEB CACTUS. 


“Oh, please excuse me, Rufus,” said Mary, after she 
had recovered her balance. 

“Why, certainly, it wasn’t your fault,” he replied. 
“But I don’t know whether to ask Caleb Cactus for his 
pardon or not. That sticky fellow must have scratched 









FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


7 


“And am I a REAL person, too?” asked Dora Daisy. 

“Why, of course you are, and so are all the rest of your 
garden friends,” laughed Moon Queen. “You are now 
real Flower Folks and before the night is over you shall 
think yourselves to be the happiest people in the world. 
I have come down to entertain you in a manner that you 
never could enjoy while only a flower, so follow me and 
see what happens. But before we leave for our adven¬ 
tures I must ask another little friend to accompany us. 
He is already very much alive and I’m sure that all of 
you also will recognize him as a friend when he answers 
my call.” 

The fairy then lowered her wand until the gliste nin g 
star touched the surface of the ground and said: 

“Ixy, ixy, trixy, tree! 

Little friend, please come to me; 

Wear your coat of softest fur— 

See how quickly you can stir!” 

The last word was scarcely out of her mouth when the 
nearby earth was scattered in every direction as a curious 
little fellow in a dark-gray coat thrust his still more curi¬ 
ous nose above the surface and said, cheerily: “Hello, 
folks, did I get here quick enough?” 

His funny pink nose was so near Mary Marigold that 
she leaped aside and screamed when she heard a voice 
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FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


But when Moon Queen came from her far-away home 
in the sky, both the Prince and Princess were sleeping 
just as soundly as the garden blossoms that nodded so 
contentedly in the gentle breeze. They were dreaming 
of the many things which they expected to enjoy on the 
following morning. 

The kind fairy first touched a sleeping pansy with her 
sparkling wand-star and something very wonderful hap¬ 
pened. The blossom immediately dropped from its stem 
and became an odd little person—a REAL Penelope 
Pansy, whom anybody would recognize because of her 
smiling pansy-shaped face. And while little Penelope 
stood gazing about in a bewildered sort of manner, for she 
could scarcely realize what had happened to her, Moon 
Queen touched each of the other different blossoms with 
the wand-star and they also became real people. 

“My, my, what on earth has happened to us!” ex¬ 
claimed Rufus Rose, as he looked at all the curious little 
people that still stood around as if they were afraid to 
move, although they had legs and arms that could move 
just as well as those of any girl or boy. “Why, I can 
hear noises of every kind so much louder than when I was 
in the flower bed, and I can see, oh, so much better. Really, 
I believe that I can run and jump, or even ride a bicycle!” 

“Certainly you can,” said the fairy. “You are just as 
much a person as anybody in the world, although a boy 
or girl might think you to be a rather funny one.” 


FROLICSOME FLOWERS 


CHAPTER I. 

CAROL CASTLE GARDEN. 

It will be remembered that after fairy Moon Queen 
had put the vegetables back to sleep in their beds, she 
quickly vanished to her home in the moon. But she didn’t 
remain there very long. You see, she had planned to 
entertain the flowers next, so on the following night we 
find her in Carol Castle garden. 

She had selected this particular garden because it was 
known to contain the most beautiful flowers in the world. 
Princess Patricia and her brother, Prince Philip, lived in 
the quaint old castle that nestled snugly in this wonder¬ 
ful place of beauty and fragrance. The boy and girl were 
twins, and they especially enjoyed their daily walks 
among the flowers. Each flower seemed so much alive to 
them that they had pet names for the different blossoms, 
and little “Penelope” Pansy and “Allen” Aster were 
special favorites, although the other flowers were also 
loved and noticed. 


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